Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The Futility of History

Now that Jason Simontacchi's recent arm injury is going to deprive us from witnessing his run at history -- highest ERA of anyone to ever win 10 games -- we've got to turn our lonely eyes (woo woo woo) in a different direction.

We're looking at you, Ryan Langerhans. Inspired by a BPG post, we're on the verge of history. Ryan Langerhans is about to set the record for lowest batting average by an OFer with as many PAs as he has.

Since 1901, only two outfielders (players who played more than 40% of their games at OF positions), have had 223 plate appearances and put up a batting average under .160, Ryan Langerhans at .157 and Kenny Williams at .159 in 1988. Two. That's it.

both nook and ryan should be out of jobs next year, management is letting us down if they dont go after a FA CF.

at least fick can fill in at LF, RF, 1B, or C. i think he can pitch too. plus, he is a good "locker room guy" supposedly. remember hes in charge of holding "fielding practice" when guys dont run out ground balls.

For awhile some tried to defend Langerhans on an money ball/OBP argument, but when Billy Beane dumped RL for the likes of Chris Snelling, it was obvious that, even by moneyball standards, RL was a worthless player.

Brandon Watson has proved that he merits a shot, and RL has proved that he has business playing at the MLB level.